Oakbrook Wiles Road Community Will Have 274 Residences

January 5, 1986|By Glenn Hoffer, Real Estate Editor

CORAL SPRINGS — Residential development of this northwest Broward County city has moved north, currently making Wiles Road, an east-west thoroughfare extending west from U.S. 441, the major single-family home growth area of Coral Springs.

Several new communities are taking shape along the north side of the road, and new families are rapidly moving into the area.

One of those communities is Oakbrook, being developed at Northwest 66th Terrace and Wiles Road by Hoffman Homes, a veteran builder who previously had developed another single-family home community further west along the south side of Wiles Road.

Hoffman Homes is one of the country`s largest residential builders, with a 37-year history of award-winning communities.

Oakbrook, where a sixth model has been added by Hoffman, will have 274 homes when completed, according to Pam Gabriele, sales manager. Around 174 of those will be built by Hoffman while another 100 homes are being built by Sun Life.

The community is now one-third of the way toward completion, it`s pointed out.

Oakbrook`s models are priced from $116,990 without swimming pool and from $131,490 with screened pool package included, Gabriele said.

Ms. Gabriele noted that residents of the development will eventually be able to walk to a 10-acre park proposed for development just across the street from Oakbrook. The City of Coral Springs will develop Wiles Road Park as an active recreational facility with several lighted ball fields.

At the same time, she pointed out that present plans of the Broward County School Board call for construction of an elementary school on Wiles Road. The site has been set aside, and the project is now undergoing feasibility studies for specific dimensions of the facility.

Coral Springs Middle School also is located along Wiles Road.

These things, Gabriele said, are helping to boost the master-planned community`s sales to record highs. ``It gives families more reason than ever to make Oakbrook home,`` she added.

Oakbrook also has two lakes of its own, with a few of the homesites fronting on the lakes, Don Alexander, president of Hoffman Homes, emphasized.

All of the three- and four-bedroom homes in Oakbrook have two-car garages, and each offers a wide array od customizing options.

Models include the Wheaton, a three-bedroom, two-bath design which is the lowest priced of the homes; the Flossmoor, containing four bedrooms and two baths; the Barrington, available as either a three- or four-bedroom home; the Glenview, with four bedrooms and two baths; the Glen Ellyn, another four- bedroom, two-bath residence; and the Homewood, the newest model, which sells for $129,990 without pool, and for $144,490 with screened pool package.

The Glen Ellyn model is typical of what Hoffman Homes is offering in its Oakbrook community.

Created in a U-shape floor plan, the Glen Ellyn situates its pool and patio area in the center of the design, allowing complete visibility of the area from all the main sections of the house.

The model incorporates four bedrooms, two full baths, a formal dining room, breakfast nook, family room, laundry room and two-car garage into 2,230 square feet of space.

At the entranceway, the foyer is raised, leading both to a step-down living room with optional skylights and soaring vaulted ceiling, or to a ceramic tile walk into the living quarters, designed so busy families can enter and leave the house without going through the formal living room.

In the living room, an optional wet bar is available. The formal dining room is placed apart from both the living and family rooms, so guests can relax away from the food preparation areas or the less formal family room.